It seems as though this guys deserves it, since he had that many cops chasing him. Even if he just drove off because he didn't want a speeding ticket, he still deserves to get the **** kicked out of him for being a ******* piece of ****.

It can't be justified? What if he murdered your family or raped and killed your child? Then I'm sure you'd think that he deserves a lot more than that. Although I know that you're going to say that I'm wrong still, but you would agree with me if that were the case.

The fact is we don't know what this man is or is not guilty of. Regardless, even if he DOES deserve an a**-whopping, it is not the prerogative of the officers to deliver 'justice', the courts are supposed to do this. Even if this man is suspected of murder they have no right to do what they did.

The he should tried for assault with a deadly weapon/manslaughter (depending on whether the officer lived or not). Again, the courts have the responsibility to try, convict and sentence, NOT the police officers.

Well of course, it doesn't justify what they had done, but they were pissed, and they did what any normal human being would do when they're pissed, they'd attack you. That was a friend of theres and that driver put his life on the line, of course they're going to hit him.

No, see, that's the point of being a police officer, your job does not ALLOW you (or actually SHOULDN'T allow you) to act on your own personal feelings in such a manner. If they can't control themselves in such a situation they need to leave the force.

Think of it this way, let's say a Doctor knows his neighbor ran his wife over and is currently suing him. The doctor then has to operate on his neighbor due to an accident and instead of waiting for the courts to punish the man he decided to physically harm his neighbor during the operation complicating his recuperation. possibly even permanently harming him. Do you think that what the doctor did was right in that scenario, or is it his job AS A DOCTOR to treat his patients properly regardless of his personal feelings? Yes, we may UNDERSTAND WHY he did it, but that doesn't make it right.

I understand that, so then you agree that those officers should also be tried for assault and possibly get suspended/fired for what they did, regardless of the fact that we can empathize with their obvious rage?

If I saw him run over a friend of mine, I'd beat him, and I'd know that I'd get in trouble and I'd feel that he deserves it, but we don't know what happened before hand, so no one can say that he deserves it.

I think when the majority of the ******* world thinks that criminals should be treated with respect is when we're screwed. Its not like the cops just pulled him over compliantly, he was hauling ass with 5 ******* cops behind him. He obviously doesn't care about anyone elses life, so why do you care about his. I'm sure if he would have hit you while he was driving, he wouldn't ******* care. Minor offenses are one thing, but what he was doing is unforgivable.

Well that's one of the thought processes that causes so many problems. Treating criminal like they are the victims. "Oh I know you murdered 16 people, but thats ok because your mommy used to hit you." Maybe people just need to grow up and stop acting like the world owes them something.

If you start pretending I said things I didn't I will just stop talking to you. I never said they're victims, I said that they need a TINY bit of sympathy. They need to be punished by having prison time, not being savagely beaten.